Ridiculous 'follow' obsession
J. M. Pescado:
I keep them on the viewing deck where I can see them! No hiding! Ceiling Cat is watching you!
Kyna:
I've been letting my toddlers have free will since I installed FT, as I don't want them maxing out their skills too young. I've also noticed the follow obsession, but since my toddlers haven't had free will since pre-NL, I can't tell if FT increased it.
One of my neighbourhoods is made up only of beach lots. I was surprised one day when a toddler went outside and started eating sand. He wasn't hungry, he just decided to toddle past all his toys, head outside past the adults (who were all out on the beach), and decided to see what sand tasted like. I hadn't seen that interaction before.
Zazazu:
Usually toddlers are either in a baby-gated & locked play area or on a different floor from the other sims. They can pine all they want, but mom & dad are busy making more babies. In pet households, the cats and dogs allow themselves to be squeeze half to death. That keeps them happy.
In my mega-lot, with 12 sims, three of whom just stopped being toddlers, they rarely had a moment to pine or skill. They were being fussed over 24/7.
talysman:
I only notice "Follow" (or "Ask to Be Read to") popping up when the toddler is dead tired and no adult is immediately available to put the kid in the crib. Of course, since I *do* use the baby controller, it may be squelching excessive following. The downside is that, if the toddler isn't about to pass out, I have to keep cancelling toy interactions or turn off the controller in order to do anything else, like fulfill a bunch of wants immediately before grow-up. It's all a matter of trade-offs.
J. M. Pescado:
Honestly, I'm not seeing the point of giving toddlers free will at all, it's not like they have anything to DO. The alternative to skilling is to just sit there and do nothing. Or scream obnoxiously. That just makes me inclined to want to murder them. The problem with the "follow" nonsense is that there is no corresponding countermove, "kick", like there is in real life. In real life, this doesn't happen because kids that follow around underfoot all the time get kicked. Usually after intercepting a few boots, they get the hint. A stiff regimen of beatings quickly teaches them that attention is a bad thing.
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